IBM Power Systems Express Servers

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IBM Power Systems Express Servers Mid-sized businesses are the engines of a Smarter Planet

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IBM Power Systems Express Servers

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POWER7® servers and blades offering high qualities of service at affordable prices Over 15,000 business solutions running on AIX®, IBM i and Linux® Reduce costs with PowerVM™ virtualization, manage risk with PowerHA® resiliency Deliver projects faster by leveraging IBM Business Partner expertise

Deliver new services faster Mid-sized businesses are the engines fueling a Smarter Planet, creating roughly 65 percent of the worldwide gross domestic product. Through their innovation, mid-sized companies are constantly creating new products and services to address growth opportunities. IBM works with thousands of mid-sized firms globally to help them compete in a smarter world—utilizing a comprehensive portfolio of hardware, software and services offerings specifically designed and priced for their unique business needs. With IBM Power Systems™ Express® servers and software, IBM can help companies deliver services faster to better capitalize on new opportunities. IBM also has extensive business, industry and technology knowledge and experience through a network of local Business Partners. Their local perspective gives them the ability, backed by IBM, to work hand-in-hand with you to provide new services with speed and agility.

Deliver higher quality services IBM Express offerings are a broad and highly successful set of targeted products, solutions and services that matter to mid-sized businesses. With a range of options from blades, 2-U, 4-U rack and tower systems, IBM Power Systems Express servers provide the high qualities of service and energy efficiency at affordable prices that mid-sized companies demand for their business solutions.

With over 15,000 business solutions available, IBM Power Systems Express servers have the applications mid-sized companies need to help grow their business. And IBM Power Systems Express servers and Solution Editions options simplify acquisition and deployment of popular ISV applications that seamlessly fit into an existing IT infrastructure.

Deliver services with superior economics Every IBM Express offering must meet stringent criteria, including affordability, cost-effectiveness, ease of implementation and ease of ownership to ensure their value to mid-sized companies. Also, many mid-sized companies choose to work with IBM Global Finance to access financing options with great rates, flexible payment plans, plus asset buyback and disposal. Solutions running on IBM Power Systems Express servers are supported locally by IBM and IBM Business Partner experts who know local market conditions and unique requirements—from initial consultation to implementation, to ongoing hands-on support. IBM offers many options to help you plan your business and infrastructure strategy, from online self-evaluation tools to comprehensive assessments, migration and upgrade services.

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Power is integrated value

Power Architecture:

A totally integrated approach to the design, development, and testing of each and every Power Systems Express server ensures the higher quality of service required for a cost efficient IT infrastructure.

Power Systems Express servers are built on the foundation of the POWER7 processor that, in addition to its use in business servers, was used to create Watson, the POWER7 processorbased computer system that competed on Jeopardy!

Power Systems Express servers are optimized with the ability to securely run multiple applications on AIX, i and Linux operating systems on a single server—so you can manage fewer systems with lower cost and higher utilization. No longer do you need to manage complex and energy inefficient x86 server farms with each server dedicated to a single application or operating environment. Now you can consolidate workloads and significantly reduce costs throughout your infrastructure while dramatically improving your ability to meet changing business demands and opportunities.

Watson, a workload optimized system designed to exploit question and answer technology and natural language processing, used a cluster of 90 IBM Power 750® Express servers, systems that are commercially available and in use in thousands of midsized companies around the world today.

Power Systems software options enable you to simplify management of both physical and virtual environments including the capability to control data center energy usage and orchestrate processing resources to better meet business goals. And Power solutions are designed to provide you with a road map to continuous availability of mission-critical applications—even when an expected or unexpected interruption occurs.

Power is virtualization without limits Mid-sized companies are needlessly reeling under high IT management costs, low server utilization, and high energy usage. As a result, consolidation, virtualization and IT management tools and services can transform an IT infrastructure to become a powerful enabler of business growth. As mid-sized businesses plan projects to transform the costs of their IT infrastructure, they turn to PowerVM virtualization to consolidate multiple workloads onto fewer systems—increasing server utilization and reducing cost. PowerVM provides a secure and scalable virtualization environment for AIX, i and Linux applications built upon the advanced resiliency features and leading performance of the Power Systems platform.

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PowerVM offers Micro-Partitioning® with the ability to run up to 10 partitions per processor core and to dynamically move processor, memory, and I/O resources between partitions to support changing workload requirements. PowerVM Live Partition Mobility enables active partitions to be moved between servers virtually eliminating planned downtime. Live partition mobility can also be used to upgrade workloads between POWER6® and POWER7 processor-based servers without an application outage.

The latest AIX 7.1 release features new cluster-aware integration with PowerHA, as well the ability to run AIX 5.2 Workload Partitions to facilitate application migration and reuse. The AIX operating system is available in three Editions for a range of capability and flexibility for both mid-sized and large enterprises. AIX 7 and the previous release, AIX 6, are binary compatible with previous versions of AIX including AIX 5L™. This means that applications that ran on earlier versions will continue to run on AIX 7 or 6—guaranteed.2 VMControl™ provides additional virtualization management capability that helps mid-sized companies that choose to use both PowerVM to virtualize Power Systems and VMware to virtualize their x86 applications. VMControl enables a system administrator to simply monitor and manage virtual machines hosted by PowerVM and VMware from the same screen.

AIX: the future of UNIX AIX exploits decades of IBM technology innovation and is designed to provide the highest level of performance and reliability of any UNIX® operating system. According to ITIC’s 2010 survey, AIX scored the highest reliability ratings among 15 different server operating system platforms.1 AIX is an open standards-based UNIX operating system designed to comply with the Open Group’s Single UNIX Specification Version 3.

IBM i: total integration IBM i is an integrated operating environment with a more than 20-year reputation for exceptional cost effectiveness, security and business resilience. IBM i integrates a trusted combination of relational DB2® database, security, web services, networking and storage management capabilities. ITG reports that costs to use Power Systems and IBM i 6.1 average 41 percent less than x86 servers and Microsoft® Windows®.3

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The latest IBM i 7.1 release includes enhanced DB2 support or XML and column-level encryption, automatic movement of hot data to solid-state drives, enhancements to RPG to extend applications to mobile devices and web services, plus enhanced virtualization and resiliency options. IBM i 6.1 included expanded options for virtualization, upgraded storage and availability management, breakthrough Java™ performance, support for POWER7 and POWER6 and BladeCenter®, and a broad range of middleware and tools to help drive application transformation.

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PowerVM Lx86 cross-platform virtualization technology also enables x86 Linux workloads to run without recompilation and take advantage of the scalability of Power Systems. That makes it even easier to take advantage of the latest Linux applications.

Power is resiliency without downtime Power Systems solutions benefit from decades of IBM experience in designing and deploying high availability hardware and software. PowerHA SystemMirror disk clustering solutions are available to help keep your systems—and your business— running 24×7×365.

Linux: scalable, ready for x86 consolidation Reducing the number of underutilized x86 servers through consolidation and virtualization is a key priority for many mid-sized companies today as they look to reduce infrastructure costs. Linux on Power Systems with PowerVM provide a scalable virtualized alternative to running Windows and Linux on x86 servers. Both Red Hat and Novell SUSE Linux run natively on Power Systems offering a scalable alternative for a wide variety of open source applications.

PowerHA SystemMirror for AIX and IBM i Editions are data center and multi-site resiliency solutions designed to help protect critical business applications from outages: planned or unplanned. PowerHA is integrated with cluster aware capabilities in both the AIX and IBM i operating environments.

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Power is data protection and compliance Managing data protection and compliance is vital for mid-sized companies to avoid legal and financial exposures owing to the loss of private customer or key financial data. IBM offers tools to protect data from threats and unauthorized access on Power servers running AIX, i and Linux workloads. Data encryption capabilities to protect file systems, data and backup are an integral part of the AIX and IBM i operating systems, both of which also support role-based access control. Whether you want to manage the security of your Power servers or include other elements in your infrastructure—IBM solutions provide intuitive administration that helps you to define, enforce and audit your business security and compliance policies.

Power is management with automation With the simple-to-deploy infrastructure management technologies on Power Systems, mid-sized businesses not only get a complete picture of their systems and how well they are operating but also the tools to deploy, optimize and maintain these systems at maximum effectiveness and efficiency. The benefits include optimized performance, energy efficiency and cost control but, most importantly, better management tools free up IT staff that mid-sized companies rely on to deliver higher value services to support business growth initiatives.

IBM System Director Editions for Power are sized for every data center. It is now simpler than ever for a single operator to manage both physical assets and virtual resources. IBM Systems Director offers a unified systems management solution to improve service delivery across Power and x86 applications.

Power is sustainable IT infrastructure Being socially responsible yields real business benefits. With the high energy demands of server rooms and datacenters, many mid-sized companies want to make sure that they are making progress towards a more sustainable and cost efficient IT infrastructure. Efficiencies in space, power, costs, and labor as well as the potential for new market opportunities await the mid-sized company that focuses on building a more sustainable business and IT infrastructure. Enable the sustainability of your business by improving the efficiency of operations, assets and people while reducing costs, improving your public image and opening the door to new opportunities. Power Systems energy management solutions monitor and control energy usage to help you manage energy efficiency in your server room or data center. Each Power server has EnergyScale™ technology built into the POWER7 processor. And with IBM Systems Director Active Energy Manager™, you can identify trends in your energy usage and thermal profile plus track environmental data from applications used to monitor air conditioning units and Uninterruptible Power Supplies.

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IBM POWER7 Express Family Quick Reference Guide - Blades April 2011

BladeCenter PS700 Express

BladeCenter PS701 Express

BladeCenter PS702 Express

BladeCenter PS703 Express

BladeCenter PS704 Express

System package

Blade Server / BladeCenter

Blade Server / BladeCenter

Blade Server / BladeCenter

Blade Server / BladeCenter

Blade Server / BladeCenter

# of processor sockets

1

1

2

2

4

Processor Options - GHz (cores/socket) - # of cores

3.0 GHz (4-core) 4

3.0 GHz (8-core) 8

3.0 GHz (8-core) 16

2.4 GHz (8-core) 16

2.4 GHz (8-core) 32

Min - max. memory (clock freq MHz)

8 - 64 GB (1066)

16 - 128 GB (1066)

32 - 256 GB (1066)

16 - 128 GB (1066)

32 - 256 GB (1066)

Max CEC disk bays / TB storage

2 / 1.2 TB

1 / 600 GB

2 / 1.2 TB

1 / 600 GB

2 / 1.2 TB

Max CEC PCI slots

Expansion Cards 1 PCIe CIOv 1 PCIe CFFh

Expansion Cards 1 PCIe CIOv 1 PCIe CFFh

Expansion Cards 2 PCIe CIOv 2 PCIe CFFh

Expansion Cards 2 PCIe CIOv 2 PCIe CFFh

Expansion Cards 4 PCIe CIOv 4 PCIe CFFh

Max GX adapter slots

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Max 12X I/O PCIe drwrs

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Max 12X I/O PCI-X drwrs

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Max disk bays w/ I/O drawers

2 + 12 bays if BladeCenter S

1 + 12 bays if BladeCenter S

2 + 12 bays if BladeCenter S

1 + 12 bays if BladeCenter S

2 + 12 bays if BladeCenter S

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IBM POWER7 Express Family Quick Reference Guide - Blades April 2011 (Continued)

BladeCenter PS700 Express

BladeCenter PS701 Express

BladeCenter PS702 Express

BladeCenter PS703 Express

BladeCenter PS704 Express

Max PCI slots w/ 12X PCI X I/O drawers

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Max PCI slots w/ 12X PCIe I/O drawers

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

AIX rPerf Ranges

45.13

81.24

154.36

134.11

251.45

IBM i CPW Ranges

21,100

42,100

76,300

64,000

110,000

Warranty

3-yr 9x5, next business day

3-yr 9x5, next business day

3-yr 9x5, next business day

3-yr 9x5, next business day

3-yr 9x5, next business day

Max partitions (10/core)

40

80

160

160

160

IBM i level & tier

6.1.1, 7.1 Small – P05

6.1.1, 7.1 Small – P10

6.1.1, 7.1 Small – P10

6.1.1, 7.1 Small – P10

6.1.1, 7.1 Small – P10

AIX level & group

5.3, 6.1, 7.1 Small

5.3, 6.1, 7.1 Small

5.3, 6.1, 7.1 Small

5.3, 6.1, 7.1 Small

5.3, 6.1, 7.1 Small

Linux support

SLES 10 & 11 RHEL 5.5

SLES 10 & 11 RHEL 5.5

SLES 10 & 11 RHEL 5.5

SLES 11 SP1 RHEL 6.0

SLES 11 SP1 RHEL 6.0

PowerVM

Optional

Optional

Optional

Optional

Optional

Systems Director Express with VMControl

Optional

Optional

Optional

Optional

Optional

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IBM POWER7 Express Family Quick Reference Guide - Servers April 2011

Power® 710 Express

Power 720 Express

Power 730 Express

Power 740 Express

Power 750 Express **used in Watson

System package

2U, 19" rack

4U, 19" rack or tower

2U, 19" rack

4U, 19" rack or tower

4U, 19" rack

# of processor sockets

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1

2

1 or 2

1, 2, 3, 4

Processor Options - GHz (cores/socket) - # of cores

3.0 GHz (4-core) 4 3.7 GHz (6-core) 6 3.55 GHz (8-core) 8

3.0 GHz (4-core) 4 3.0 GHz (6-core) 6 3.0 GHz (8-core) 8

3.0 GHz (4-core) 8 3.7 GHz (4-core) 8 3.7 GHz (6-core) 12 3.55 GHz (8-core) 16

3.3 GHz (4-core) 4, 8 3.7 GHz (4-core) 4, 8 3.7 GHz (6-core) 6, 12 3.55 GHz (8-core) 16

3.2 GHz (8-core) 8, 16, 24, 32 3.6 GHz (6-core) 8, 16, 24, 32 3.7 GHz (8-core) 4, 8, 12, 16 3.7 GHz (8-core) 6, 12, 18, 24

Min - max. memory (clock freq MHz)

8 - 64 GB (1066)

4-core: 8 - 64 GB (1066) 6- or 8-core 8 - 128 GB (1066)

8 - 128 GB (1066)

8 - 256 GB (1066)

8 - 512 GB (1066)

Max CEC disk bays/TB storage

6/1.8 TB

8/2.4 TB

6/1.8 TB

8/2.4 TB

8/2.4 TB

Max CEC PCI slots

4 PCIe LP

4 PCIe + 4 PCIe LP (opt.)

4 PCIe LP

4 PCIe + 4 PCIe LP (opt.)

3 PCIe and 2 PCI-X DDR

Max GX adapter slots

1 GX++

2 GX++ 1 GX++4 (6- or 8-core systems only)

2 GX++4

1 socket 1 GX+ 2 or more sockets 1 GX++ and 1 GX+

Max 12X I/O PCIe drwrs

N/A

25

N/A

4

4

Max 12X I/O PCI-X drwrs

N/A

4

N/A

8

8

Max disk bays w/ I/O drawers

102

380

102

416

584

Max PCI slots w/ 12X PCI X I/O drawers

N/A

4 PCIe and 24 PCI-X DDR

N/A

4 PCIe and 48 PCI-X DDR

1 PCIe and 50 PCI-X DDR

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IBM POWER7 Express Family Quick Reference Guide - Servers April 2011 (Continued)

Power® 710 Express

Power 720 Express

Power 730 Express

Power 740 Express

Power 750 Express **used in Watson

Max PCI slots w/ 12X PCIe I/O drawers

N/A

24 PCIe

N/A

44 PCIe

41 PCIe and 2 PCI-X DDR

AIX rPerf Ranges

45.13 - 91.96

45.13 - 81.24

86.66 - 176.57

48.33 - 176.57

52.29 - 334.97

IBM i CPW Ranges

23,800 - 51,800

23,800 - 46,300

44,600 - 97,700

25,500 - 97,700

27,300 - 183,200

Warranty

3-yr 9x5, next business day

3-yr 9x5, next business day

3-yr 9x5, next business day

3-yr 9x5, next business day

1-yr 9x5, next business day

Max partitions (10/core)

80

80

160

160

320

IBM i level & tier

6.1.1, 7.1 Small P05 (4-core) P10 (6- or 8-core)

6.1.1, 7.1 Small P05 (4-core) P10 (6- or 8-core)

6.1.1, 7.1 Small – P20

6.1.1, 7.1 Small – P20

6.1.1, 7.1 Small – P20

AIX level & group

5.3, 6.1, 7.1 Small

5.3, 6.1, 7.1 Small

5.3, 6.1, 7.1 Small

5.3, 6.1, 7.1 Small

5.3, 6.1, 7.1 Small

Linux support

SLES 10 & 11 RHEL 5.5

SLES 10 & 11 RHEL 5.5

SLES 10 & 11 RHEL 5.5

SLES 10 & 11 RHEL 5.5

SLES 10 SP3 & 11 RHEL 5.5

PowerVM

Optional

Optional

Optional

Optional

Optional

Systems Director Express with VMControl

Optional

Optional

Optional

Optional

Optional

Notes

For more information To learn more about IBM Power Systems Express Servers, please contact your IBM marketing representative or IBM Business Partner, or visit the following website: ibm.com/power © Copyright IBM Corporation 2011

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ITIC 2009 Global Server Reliability Report: ibm.com/common/ssi/ fcgibin/ssialias?infotype=SA&subtype=WH&appname= STGE_PO_PO_USEN&htmlfid=POL03058USEN&attachment= POL03058USEN.PDF More information on the binary compatibility of AIX can be found at http://www.ibm.com/systems/power/software/aix/compatibility/guarantee/ index.html

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More information on costs to use Power Systems and IBM i 6.1 can be found at http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/fcgi-bin/ssialias?infotype= SA&subtype=WH&appname=STGE_PO_PO_USEN&htmlfid= POL03062USEN&attachment=POL03062USEN.PDF

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The GX++ slot on the Power 720 Express server and the second GX++ slot on the Power 740 Express server are not available if the optional four PCIe low profile slots are used.

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Not supported on 4-core Power 720 Express configurations.

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